Karmėlava

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Karmėlava
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State : Lithuania Lithuania
District : Kaunas
Rajong municipality : Kaunas
Coordinates : 54 ° 58 ′  N , 24 ° 4 ′  E Coordinates: 54 ° 58 ′  N , 24 ° 4 ′  E
 
Inhabitants (place) : 1,395 (2011)
Time zone : EET (UTC + 2)
Telephone code : (+370) 8 (37)
Postal code : 54449
License plate : K
 
Status: Town in the Karmėlava district
 
Postal address : Vilniaus g. 65a
Karmėlava, Kaunas District Parish
Website :
Karmėlava (Lithuania)
Karmėlava
Karmėlava

Karmėlava is a town in the Kaunas district , located on the left bank of the Neris , northeast of Kaunas , on the KaunasJonava motorway .

history

Karmėlava was founded in 1387 by Władysław II Jagiełło . In 1529 the Church of St. Anne in Karmėlava was mentioned in a document. In 1792 the Magdeburg Law was granted by Stanislaus II August Poniatowski .

In 1979 there were 3664 residents here. A military airfield was built here in Soviet Lithuania and the Karmėlava missile base was established (with a point in Gulbiniškiai , Jonava district ).

Karmėlava cemetery

The Karmėlava cemetery is noteworthy , although it was only opened in 1985, but covers an area of ​​over 80 hectares. Around 1000 funerals take place every year.

Kaunas Airport in Karmėlava has been in operation since 1988 . In 2000 the center of the Baltic States for air surveillance was established here.

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Web links

Commons : Karmėlava  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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